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au
on the lives that the basis of the
bass-4-4 Adviser's view that are argument/might be tenable).
With effect from 1 January 1974 Hong Kong will also lose
some Commonwealth Preference; this will further
aggravate the situation in relation to her non-
Commonwealth competitors.
6. Hong Kong maintains that non-discrimination in
the British market at least is absolutely vital to her
interests. In Hong Kong it would certainly not be
understood that the UK with its constitutional
responsibility for Hong Kong should consider discrimin-
ation against her colony and at the same time give
preference in two of Hong Kong's major export items
to her principal competitors (South Korea, Brazil,
Yugoslavia and Singapore) most of whom have no links
Hong Kong officials have claimed
with any EEC country. Although 196 officials consider itat discrimination might leady
the Hong kong team may have been exag jorating the
tier put it forw
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what if stos
their view that discrimination
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could be disastro
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and
to lower wages which could perhaps result in riots, an
Parthermore, the Hong Kong Government claims that
China would have objections if Hong Kong were
discriminated against. Hong Kong officile maintain
They rake the line that
Kirat officials of the Community exicct Britain to
fight hard for Hong Kong on this. In Hong Kong on
7 September Commission officials saw the possibility
alla
of some compromise formula, although
(C) The Legal Aspect
7.
Sir C. Soames and he could
Alignment of the UK's GSP with that of the EEC
is covered by Protocol 23 of the Treaty of Accession.
The terms of the explicit "agreement" concerning
Hong Kong reached during the enlargement negotiations
are not recorded in the Act of Accession itself, but
/in the
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